Williams v. DeKalb County’s Empirical Analysis
577 F.2d 248 · 1978
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently April 1991 · most notably Mohammed v. Callaway (1983), Williams v. Dekalb County (1978)
12 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · Washington v. Davis · Jake ROWE Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While the existence of the affirmative action program may be considered by the district court on remand in determining whether injunctive relief is appropriate, that program does not affect the availability of back pay as a remedy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hameed v. International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers, Local Union No. 396 · 24 Fair empl.prac.cas. 352, 24 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,392 Walee Abdul Hameed Lonnie Vanderson George Coe Willie M. Nichols Johnnie J. Brown Hiawatha Davis Willie West v. International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local Union No. 396 and Ironworkers Joint Apprenticeship Committee of St. Louis, Missouri, National Iron Workers and Employer Training Program, Walee Abdul Hameed Lonnie Vanderson George Coe Willie M. Nichols Johnnie J. Brown Hiawatha Davis Willie West v. International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local Union No. 396, Ironworkers Joint Apprenticeship Committee of St. Louis, Missouri, National Iron Workers and Employer Training Program
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.